Embroidery-hoop holder



May zo, 1924. 1,494,971

H. L. PETERS EMBRO IDERY HOOP HOLDER Filed Feb. 15, '1922 Patented May 20, 1924..

U l I D S T T HERMAN L. IPETERS, F BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

EMBROIDERY-HOOP HOLDER.

Application filed February 15, 1922. Serial No. 536,759.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERMAN L. PETERS, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Buifalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Embroidery-Hoop Holders, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a holder for embroidery hoops and the like.

@ne of its objects is to provide a universally adjustable holder which is capable of being clamped to the arm of a chair or other support.

Another object is to provide an inexpensive holder of this character which is simple in construction, which can be easily adjusted to suit various working conditions, and which is composed of few parts not liable to get out of order.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective view of the holder. Figure 2 is a sectional elevation thereof. Figure 3 is a longitudinal vertical section on line 3 3, Fig. 2. Figure 4 is a fragmentary sectional elevation of a modified form of the improvement.

Similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

In its general organization, this improved holder comprises a clamping member adapted to be attached to a fixed support, such as the arm of a chair or a table-top, a hoopsupporting member mounted on said clamping member and universally adjustable relatively thereto, and a hoop-retaining device arranged at the upper end of said supporting member.

The clamping member is preferably in the form of a screw-clamp 10 having a fixed jaw 11 and an adjustable jaw 12 movable toward and from the fixed jaw. The upright member of this clamp is provided with an ear or enlargement 13 having a horizontal opening 14, the inner portion of which is fiared to form a conical seat 15.

Adjustably mounted on the clamping member is the hoop-supporting member which is preferably in the form of a post or rod 16. The latter loosely engages the eye 17 of a bolt 18 passing through the opening 14 and provided with a butterfly nut 19 for securely fastening said bolt to the screw clamp. As shown in Fig. 3, the eye of this bolt is partially arranged in the conical seat 15, so that when the nut is tightened, the

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post 16 is reliably clampedbetween'the rim 13a. of said seat and said eye. If desired, said rim may be provided with radial lock- -mg depressions 20 to positively retain the supporting post in different angular positions about the axis of the eye-bolt. l

The upper end of the post 16 is provided at one side with an upwardly-opening notch or recess 21, the bottom of which forms a seat for. the inner embroidery hoop 22 betweeny which and the usual outer hoopv 28 f the goods to be embroidered are clamped ina Well known manner. The means for retaining the hoop in this notch is preferably in the form of an adjustableclamping device 23 fastened to the supporting post by a thumb screw 24. The upper end of this clamping device is provided with a jaw .25 between which and the recessed upper end of the post 16 said inner embroidery hoop is adapted to be securely clamped. Extending' inwardlyv from the lateral edges of this clamping device are flanges 26 which are arranged at opposite sides of the supporting post and whose upper ends form stops 27 which prevent said inner embroidery hoop from tilting or rocking out of place on the post 16 in embroidering. These stops are in substantially horizontal alinement with the bottom of the notch 21, as shown in Fig. 3.

In the construction shown, the stop flanges 26 converge from their upper toward their lower ends and the latter embrace the post to prevent the clamping device 23 from oscillating thereon.

As shown in Fig. 2, the retaining jaw 25 is comparatively thin so as to permit a uniformly tight lit between the hoops 22 and 28.

By loosening the nut 19 of the eye bolt 18, the hoop supporting post 16 can be adjusted vertically relatively to the screw-clamp 10; or it can be rotated about the axis of said bolt at any desired angle; or` it can be rotated about its own axis to bring the embroidery hoops to any position convenient to the user.

In some cases it is necessary to hold the hoops rigidly, while in others it is desirable to permit them to swing laterally to a lim- For this purpose, the post is preferably divided and its upper portion, which carries the hoops is provided with a screw stem 29 which engages a corresponding socket 30 in the upper end of the lower section, as shown in Fig. 2. By this construction, the upper post can be tightly screwed to the lower one to render the hoops rigid, or it may be partly unscrewed therefrom to allow the hoops to swivel sidewise.

While only the inner hoop is shown clamped to the supporting post 16, it will be understood that both inner and outer hoops may be securely clamped to said post, if desired.

In the modiiication of the improvement shown in Fig. l, the upper portion of the post is divided to form two sections 31, 31a, the upper section 3l which carries the hoop retaining device being pivoted at 32 to the lower section to permit it to be swung to a tilted position, if desired, to suit various working conditions. The 'upper section is normally held in its upright or normal position by a suitable spring catch 33 carried by the lower section and engaging a notch 34 in the opposing end of said upper section I claim as my invention:

'1. A holder of the character described, comprising a clamping member adapted to be attached to a support, a hoop-support carried by said member, and a retaining device arranged lengthwise on said hoop-sup'- port for clampingy the hoop thereto, said device having lateral flanges extending from its upright edges to embrace said hoop-sup- `port` and prevent tilting of the retaining device on said hoop-support.

2. A holder of the character described,A comprising a clamping member adapted toA be attached toa support, a hoop-support carried by said member having a seat for an embroidery hoop, and a retaining device arranged lengthwise on said hoop-support for clamping the hoop thereto, said device having lateral flanges extending from its upright edges to embrace said hoop-support, the upper ends of said flanges terminating substantially on a line with said hoop-seat to Jform stops for preventing the hoop from tilting out of place.

3. A holder of the characte-r described, comprising a clamping member adapted to be attached to a support, a hoop-support carried by said member and provided at its upper end with a hoop-receiving seat, and a retaining device for clamping the `hoop in said seat, said device having lateral iianges extending' from its opposite upright edges and converging from their upper toward their lower ends, the upper ends of said flanges forming stops for preventing tilting of the embroidery hoop relative to its seaty and their lower ends engaging the opposite sides of the hoop-support to prevent tiltinfr of the retainin@r device relative thereto.

4. A holder of the character described, comprising a clamping member, a hoo-psupporting rod adjustably mounted on said member and provided at its upper end with a hoop-receiving notch, and a retaining device applied to the side of said supporting rold containing said notch and having a jaw at its upper end for holding the hoop in said notch, that portion of the retaining device below its liaw having lateral flanges extending from its opposite upright edges to embrace said su'pporting rod, said flanges converging toward their lower ends and en-` gaging the opposite sides of said rod, while the upper ends of said iianges terminate substantially in. line with the bottom of said hoop-receiving notch.

HERMAN L. PETERS, 

